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A bit hard to breathe this morning, but Robin swore to me that his weather apps indicated no rain in the forecast despite a flood watch in e...

The day started out a bit difficult for me. My back's been bothering me all week, and I had to schlep an Amazon return in to Whole Foods...

Today was the first of what will undoubtedly be many giveaways as we start to downsize. My iron and ironing board are gone. Considering they...

We finished our grocery shopping before noon and, alas, the AC was out in our favorite sushi place so that was a short lunch as well. Made i...

I'm not as young as I used to be, and when the weather is dicey everything seems to move in slower motion, including me. I got through w...

Not the apartment heat, the outside version. Although it does seep into the apartment because we're not all that well insulated. Fortuna...

Finally, a lovely day at work and quiet enough in the office that I could afford to take my behaving foot on a stroll to nearby Hudson Yards...

Robin was kind enough to pack my corporate-labeled rain jacket into my backpack this morning but, as it turned out, despite the sky darkenin...

Ugh, I've been up since around 4:30 AM, very uncomfortable and too warm in bed, even with the AC on. Fortunately we were finally able to...

England has moved up in the FIFA world rankings with today's defeat of France in a truly bizarre and memorable World Cup third-place gam...

I can't remember being this masked up out of doors since 2023, when Mom was still living in Bayville and we wore masks in the car drivin...

The air quality rose to dangerous levels today due to the Canadian wildfires wafting down to cover much of the northern US. Thank goodness I...

No baseball (Home Run Derby doesn't count, particularly as they've changed the rules again and none of it really matters anyway), no...

Today our downstairs neighbor's moving van officially arrived with the rest of their stuff. Pablo asked if we could move our car, not op...

We knew it was coming.We'd been warned that Con Edison was treating faulty equipment in this heat wave and there'd be brownouts to a...

White Rabbits, and the heat wave begins. Although I decided to make an English breakfast (lots of different breakfast meets plus eggs plus ...

We're starting to discover how extreme heat, even the onset of same, affects older people. Because, you know, we're Olds. I have var...

Before the extreme heat descends upon the NYC area, I decided to get some minimal house cleaning done (the only kind of house cleaning I act...

Alas, my circadian clock is still a bit out of whack, as this was the third day running where I got up at 4 AM. While I went back to bed aro...

OMG, much needed afternoon nap and everything! It appears the construction downstairs is finally over, a few heavy appliances are now in pla...